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Scotty So, Wearing a mask at the end of the Spanish flu, no. 1 2020 inkjet print 76.3 × 50.8 cm (image) 86.5 × 61.0 cm (sheet). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021 © Scotty So

December 6, 2022

The Past is Present: reflecting on 150 years of Chinese art at the National Gallery of Victoria

Alison Carroll, The University of Melbourne

The first Chinese object was acquired by the year-old gallery in 1862. A new exhibition looks at this history – and towards the future.

September 8, 2020

Lady Gaga’s VMAs performance is part of a long international tradition of performing with masks

Benjamin Wild, Manchester Metropolitan University

The tradition of performing in a mask, from china to France, shows how it can be just as evocative and entertaining.

The Chinese-Australian artist Guan Wei is on display in a new exhibition at the MCA. The centre piece of the exhibition is the 18x6m mural Feng Shui (2004). Guan Wei, Feng Shui, 2004, acrylic on composite board. Museum of Contemporary Art, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Cromwell Diversified Property Trust, 2017. Image courtesy and © the artist

October 14, 2019

Guan Wei review: feng shui for a vision of a world in harmony

Joanna Mendelssohn, The University of Melbourne

Guan Wei’s art, now on display at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, crosses both Chinese and Australian cultures, working together in harmony, best described as an aspect of feng shui.

Song dynasty 960–1279 Feng Dayou (active mid 12th century) ‘Taiye lotus pond’, album leaf, colours on silk. 23.8 x 25.1 cm. National Palace Museum, Taipei Photo: © National Palace Museum, Taipei

February 20, 2019

Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art is an exercise in spectacle

John Clark, University of Sydney

The first major loan to Australia from a repository of canonical art works of Chinese culture deserves to be seen by all those interested in Chinese art.

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